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Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn Does (interesting if true)
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ^
| 1/11/2008
| David Biello
Posted on 01/11/2008 8:07:03 AM PST by tobyhill
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:07:06 AM PST
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
Dude, grass will also give you the munchies.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:08:50 AM PST
by
lovecraft
(Specialization is for insects.)
To: tobyhill
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:08:53 AM PST
by
z3n
To: tobyhill
Switchgrass is better and it grows with far less water and care than corn. I also understand that farmers don’t like it because by pushing corn, the price of corn gets pushed up due to competition between corn as a food product and energy source. Maybe farmers need to work on a per-BTU pricing structure.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:09:16 AM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: tobyhill
Isn’t there also research into cellulose ethanol which can come from most any plant. That would be something turn your grass clippings and hedge trimmings into fuel.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:09:21 AM PST
by
NYCynic
To: tobyhill
Ron Paul supporters hardest hit.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:10:21 AM PST
by
LIConFem
(Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
To: tobyhill
I’m sure the eco wacks and statists will be along shortly to protest any possible alternatives to foreign oil.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:10:39 AM PST
by
MoMagic
To: lovecraft
Yup...and that means even more pressure on the corn growers...Fritos.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:11:02 AM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion...)
To: z3n
To eliminate 30% as is being claimed in that article would nearly eliminate all need for any Middle-East product and Venezuela on top of that.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:11:48 AM PST
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
To: NYCynic
They already have make-your-own diesel kits that utilize that, in part.
In Texas, the taxing authorities don’t like it, of course.
To: lovecraft
Dude!
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:12:05 AM PST
by
llevrok
(Drink your beer, damnit! There are sober people in Africa!)
To: tobyhill
*starts planting switchgrass in teh backyard*
Now, if I could just get some plans for a fermentation-refinery that fits in my garage
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:14:03 AM PST
by
z3n
To: tobyhill
the hippies got excited there for a minute util it was explained it was for switchgrass.
(then they got the munchies and tried to eat it)
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:14:46 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: tobyhill
Then we can all recycle our grass clippings, get a tax credit, and make fuel for the auto????????
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:15:06 AM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(Better prepare, come Nov 08, we have a Marxist Commissar President and Marxist Congress.)
To: llevrok
That’s my uncle...crazy man. Like wow. :-)
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:15:21 AM PST
by
lovecraft
(Specialization is for insects.)
To: tobyhill
Ungrammatical headline.
Ethanol is a chemical formula. It’s chemically identical regardless of the feedstock.
What they meant is that switchgrass makes a better feedstock, but that’s not what they said.
To: TheThirdRuffian
They’ve been cracking down on the farm diesel being used in semis but the drivers can’t make any money unless they cheat.
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:17:00 AM PST
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
To: tobyhill
Using grass for fuel is great and all, but where am I supposed to find rolling papers big enough to hold my car?
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:17:01 AM PST
by
nhoward14
(Fred Thompson will get it DUN DUN in 2008!)
To: lovecraft
Dude, grass will also give you the munchies.LOL!
I guess that's why they invented drive-thrus!
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:17:29 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
To: NYCynic
Or the crop that covers much of the Southern mountains to fantastic depths.....cudzu
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posted on
01/11/2008 8:18:13 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Moveon is not us...... Moveon is the enemy)
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